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title: Instead of Crying Over Spilled Data, Shore up Your Governance Practices - ActiveNav
description: When you hear the word “spillage,” most likely, nothing good springs to mind. And when it comes to one of a company’s most valuable assets — the sensitive customer data it processes, collects and manages on a continuous basis — spillage is not a word you want to see flash across your screen. A recent survey […]
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# [Instead of Crying Over Spilled Data, Shore up Your Governance Practices - ActiveNav](https://www.activenav.com/resources/instead-of-crying-over-spilled-data-shore-up-your-governance-practices)

 Written by [Minoo Razavi](https://www.activenav.com/resources/author/minoo-razavi) | Oct 20, 2022 4:00:00 AM

When you hear the word “spillage,” most likely, nothing good springs to mind. And when it comes to one of a company’s most valuable assets — the sensitive customer data it processes, collects and manages on a continuous basis — spillage is not a word you want to see flash across your screen.

A[ recent survey by Microsoft](https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/29/microsoft-digital-defense-report-cyber-threats/) found that 73% of chief information security officers (CISOs) indicated that their organization encountered leaks of sensitive data and data spillage within the past year. And as we’ve come to appreciate, the cost of a data leak extends far beyond the bottom line — from the actual cost of dealing with the leak or fines resulting from compliance failures, to the untold reputational damage a data spill can wreak on your brand.

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